Bill limiting license plate data sharing heads to New Mexico Senate floor

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 442

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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New Mexico legislation to limit the use of automated license plate readers to specific law enforcement purposes and to make data from such readers confidential cleared its second committee Monday and advanced to the Senate floor.

Automated license plate readers refers to technology that captures license plate images and uploads the data into databases often used by police departments or other law enforcement.

If passed, Senate Bill 40 would ban New Mexico law enforcement …

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